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    A Weekly Column By Walter B. Hoye II

    Conflict OfInterest

    In the abortion debate, is there a "Conflict of Interest"within the Black community and among her leaders?

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    Election Issue

    A Letter Of Note

    "If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong!" President Abraham Lincoln

    "Three years into the American Civil War, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln wrote the following letter inorder to summarise on paper some points [ including his failures ] he had previously made regarding therecruitment of slaves as Union soldiers and, ultimately, their freeing from the institution of slavery itself.Come the end of the war, all slaves in the U.S. had been freed and, after the adoption of the Thirteenth

    Amendment in December of 1865, slavery was abolished." 1

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    "If God now wills the removal of a great wrong, and wills also that we of the North as well as you of theSouth, shall pay fairly for our complicity in that wrong, impartial history will find therein new cause to attestand revere the justice and goodness of God." 2 Yours truly, President Abraham Lincoln, signed Monday,

    April 4th, 1864.

    A Letter To My Fellow Christians

    "Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never

    lost." 3 President John Quincy Adams

    In this letter President Abraham Lincoln summarizes a conversation he had with

    three (3) Kentuckians: Governor Thomas E. Bramlette, Albert G. Hodges and

    Archibald Dixon. Hodges was the editor of the Frankfort Commonwealth and Dixon

    served in the U.S. Senate from 1852 to 1855. Governor Bramlette had protested the

    recruiting of Black regiments in Kentucky. 4

    Lincoln's letter gives us an extraordinary glimpse into his heart and mind as he

    faced the challenges of his constitutional responsibility as President of the United

    States of America and why he changed his inaugural position of non-interference

    with slavery to one of immediate emancipation. Please note that President Lincoln

    closed his letter to Hodges with a reference to slavery that reflects back on hisinaugural address of 1865. In the end President Lincoln writes: "If God now wills the

    removal of a great wrong, and wills also that we of the North as well as you of the

    South, shall pay fairly for our complicity in that wrong, impartial history will find

    therein new cause to attest and revere the justice and goodness of God." 5

    In my opinion, President Lincoln had come to the point in his development as a child

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    of God that many Christians must likewise reach today, before we cast our vote for

    the next President of our country tomorrow.

    If Abortion Is Not Wrong, Nothing Is Wrong!

    Election Day Tomorrow Is The Most Important Election since 1860.

    Without question, the biological product of a human male and a human female is a

    human life, with a human nature. Without argument, abortion on demand sheds the

    blood and takes the life of an innocent human being. As members of the Body of

    Christ, let us therefore be transparent with each other and confess, without debate,

    that legalized abortion on demand is incontestably evil.

    Brothers and Sisters In Christ

    Tomorrow we vote.

    With this in mind and in the same spirit of President Abraham Lincoln's letter toAlbert G. Hodges dated Monday, April 4th, 1864, here is my letter to you on the eve

    of our 2012 Presidential election.

    My message is simple.

    If a Christian voting for political candidates that support an industry that has killed

    more babies in the last forty-four (44) years than the population of our seventy-two

    (72) largest U.S. cities 6is not wrong, then nothing is wrong.

    If a Christian voting for political candidates that support abortion which hurts

    women, and kills more than 3,000 babies each day 7is not wrong, then nothing is

    wrong.

    If a Christian voting for political candidates that support late-term abortions, even

    during the 9th month 8is not wrong, then nothing is wrong.

    If a Christian voting for political candidates that support abortion on demand based

    on the size, level of development, environment and degree of dependency of the

    baby9

    is not wrong, then nothing is wrong.

    If a Christian voting for political candidates that support abortion on demand based

    on the sins of the father10is not wrong, then nothing is wrong.

    If a Christian voting for political candidates that support legislation that forces us to

    pay for abortion with our tax dollars, including secret abortions on thirteen (13) year

    old girls without their parents consent 11is not wrong, then nothing is wrong.

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    If a Christian voting for political candidates that support legislation that requires

    states to provide free sterilizations to fifteen (15) year-old girls even if their parents

    do not consent to the procedure 12is not wrong, then nothing is wrong.

    If a Christian voting for political candidates that support legislation that requires

    insurers to provide free (cancer-causing) birth control pills and Depo Provera birth

    control 13is not wrong, then nothing is wrong.

    If a Christian voting for political candidates that would vote against legislation

    stopping the killing of children in the wombs of their mothers based on race and

    gender24is not wrong, then nothing is wrong.

    If a Christian voting for political candidates that support an industry that targets

    communities of color by installing 79% of its surgical abortion facilities within walking

    distance of Black American and/or Hispanic|Latino neighborhoods 14is not wrong,

    then nothing is wrong.

    If a Christian voting for political candidates that support an industry that kills more

    Black babies in less than four (4) days than Black lives lynched by the Ku Klux Klan

    in eighty-six (86) years 15is not wrong, then nothing is wrong.

    If a Christian voting for political candidates that support an industry that kills over

    1,400 Black babies for every 1,000 Black babies born alive in New York City 16is

    not wrong, then nothing is wrong.

    If a Christian voting for political candidates that support an industry whose business

    results in Black American women having triple the risk of early preterm birth (EPB),

    defined as delivery at less than 32.0 weeks gestation, and quadruple the risk of

    extremely preterm birth (XPB), defined as delivery at less than 28.0 weeks

    gestation, compared with non-Black American women (1.39% in Blacks vs. 0.35%

    in Whites) 17is not wrong, then nothing is wrong.

    If a Christian voting for political candidates that endorse and promote unlimited

    abortions and undermine biblically defined marriage 18is not wrong, then nothing

    is wrong.

    If a Christian voting for political candidates that attack the Church and her

    freedom 19is not wrong, then nothing is wrong.

    If a Christian voting for political candidates that serve the interests of a party that

    struggles with including the word "God" and "Jerusalem" in its platform 20 is not

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    wrong, then nothing is wrong.

    If a Christian voting for political candidates that support an industry that has killed

    more babies in the last forty-four (44) years than all the American battle deaths in all

    U.S. wars since 1776 21is not wrong, then nothing is wrong.

    If a Christian voting for political candidates that support an industry that has killed

    more babies in the last forty-four (44) years than all Americans of all ages and races

    murdered daily by handguns 22is not wrong, then nothing is wrong.

    If a Christian voting for political candidates that would rather shut down the entire

    U.S. government than stop funding abortion on demand with tax-payer dollars 23is

    not wrong, then nothing is wrong.

    If a Christian voting for political candidates that support an industry whose business

    contributes to the Black American fertility rate dropping to 1.9 (well below the

    population replacement rate of 2.1) in 2003 25 is not wrong, then nothing iswrong.

    If a Christian voting for political candidates that support an industry that boasts a

    1.3% a year reduction rate in abortions, a rate that would take fifty-three (53) years

    to reduce the number of babies killed in the wombs of their mothers by fifty percent

    (50%) 26is not wrong, then nothing is wrong.

    If a Christian voting for political candidates that support an industry whose business

    is biologically linked to increased breast cancer risk 27is not wrong, then nothing

    is wrong.

    If nothing is wrong, "if in this life only we have hope in Christ," then perhaps the

    Apostle Paul was right when he said: "we are of all men most miserable" 28 having

    served Christ in vain.

    In Closing

    "In telling this tale I attempt no compliment to my own sagacity. I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that

    events have controlled me. Now, at the end of three years struggle the nation's condition is not what either party, or any man

    devised, or expected. God alone can claim it. 29 President Abraham Lincoln, Monday, April 4th, 1864.

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    How we as Christians vote tomorrow will either

    signal a renewal of our hearts and minds toward

    Christ or reflect the depth of the depravity in our

    souls. Voting is a blood bought and thereby

    precious privilege we inherited from those who

    died for our freedom before us. John Jay, a

    leading opponent of slavery, was an American

    Statesman, Patriot, Diplomat, a Founding Father

    of our country, and when nominated by George

    Washington became the first (1st) Chief Justice

    of the United States of America. 30 Chief Justice

    Jay believed that the most effective way of ensuring world peace was through

    propagation of the Christian gospel. Perhaps Jay, in a letter addressed to

    Pennsylvania House of Representatives member John Murray, dated Saturday,

    October 12th, 1816, said it best:

    "Real Christians will abstain from violating the rights of others, and

    therefore will not provoke war. Almost all nations have peace or war at the

    will and pleasure of rulers whom they do not elect, and who are not always

    wise or virtuous. Providence has given to our people the choice of their

    rulers, and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest, of our

    Christian nation to select and preferChristians for their rulers." 31

    Amen.

    This election, let us vote our values vertically.

    Brothers, we really need to talk.

    Reference(s):

    01. Abraham Lincoln, This letter is a summary of a conversation which President Abraham Lincoln had with three Kentuckians:

    Governor Thomas E. Bramlette, Albert G Hodges and Archibald Dixon. Hodges was the editor of the Frankfort Commonwealth

    and Dixon served in the U.S. Senate from 1852 to 1855. Bramlette had protested the recruiting of black regiments in Kentucky

    (http://bit.ly/3SFonW).

    02. Ibid., A quote from the last paragraph of Lincoln's Monday, April 4th, 1864 letter to Albert G Hodges.

    03. John Quincy Adams, As quoted in Pocket Patriot : Quotes From American Heroes (2005) edited by Kelly Nickell

    (http://bit.ly/WokCD2).

    04. Abraham Lincoln Online, "Letter to Albert G. Hodges" (http://bit.ly/3KKhyi).

    05. Abraham Lincoln, op. cit. (http://bit.ly/3SFonW).

    06. Dennis M. Howard, "The Abortion Index" The Movement for a Better America, Inc. (http://bit.ly/9FPAN1).

    07. Eduardo Verastegui, 60 Second TV Spot (http://bit.ly/SEbVjI).

    08. Ibid.

    09. Scott Klusendorf, "How to Defend Your Pro-Life Views in 5 Minutes or Less" (http://bit.ly/aZ6Dkn).

    10. Karen Dudek, "Piercing the darkness on the Piers Morgan Show" (http://bit.ly/SrHmPt).

    11. Eduardo Verastegui, op. cit. (http://bit.ly/SEbVjI).

    12. Sabrina Gladstone, "Obamacare Mandate: Sterilize 15-Year-Old Girls for Free--Without Parental Consent"

    (http://bit.ly/MnAY9p).

    13. Karen Malec, "We Are Woman Rally, ObamaCare Mandate Represent War on Womens Health" (http://bit.ly/VsPPn4).

    14. Protecting Black Life, "Planned Parenthood Targets Minority Neighborhoods" (http://bit.ly/RBoWLk).

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    15. Lynching in the United States, Wikipedia (http://bit.ly/3hpsk5).

    16. NYC41Percent.com is a project of the Chiaroscuro Foundation (http://bit.ly/eyWdsf).

    17. Brent Rooney, M.Sc., "Does Induced Abortion Account for Racial Disparity in Preterm Births, and Violate the Nuremberg

    Code?" (http://bit.ly/aLzL4h).

    18. Eduardo Verastegui's, Urgent Message For Latinos (http://bit.ly/UppeBP).

    19. Ibid.

    20. ABC News, "Dems Quickly Switch to Include "God," "Jerusalem" (http://abcn.ws/TjKltz).

    21. Dennis M. Howard, op. cit. (http://bit.ly/9FPAN1).

    22. Ibid.

    23. CNN Wire Staff, "Shutdown Looms," Cable News Network (CNN), April 8th, 2011 at 10:54 A.M. (EDT) (http://bit.ly/HBlr4p).

    24. HR 3541, "Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2012" (http://bit.ly/SHC0OH).

    25. U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2011, "Table 83. Total Fertility Rate by Race and HispanicOrigin: 1980 to 2007" (http://bit.ly/Xddvwr).

    26. Guttmacher Institute, "Facts on Induced Abortion in the United States", August 2011 (http://bit.ly/99dVdw).

    27. Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer, "The Abortion Breast Cancer (ABC)Summary" (http://bit.ly/Vt1KBl).

    28. 1 Corinthians 15:19, (http://bit.ly/VNgpmD).

    29. Abraham Lincoln, op. cit. (http://bit.ly/3SFonW).

    30. John Jay, Wikipedia (http://bit.ly/3FWlux).

    31. Ibid.

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